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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

July 28, 2007Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2007, 12:46 AM EDT for Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2007, 12:46 AM EDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2007, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1193 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 280447
FFWLMK
KYC217-280745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1246 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAYLOR
  COUNTY AIRPORT...SALOMA...MANNSVILLE AND HOBSON.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO TAYLOR COUNTY WILL BRING ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  
THIS RAINFALL...COUPLED WITH RAINFALL FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 
THE COUNTY.  TAYLOR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT 
SEVERAL ROADS THAT WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AS OF 1245 AM EDT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3721 8541 3725 8540 3735 8546 3742 8557
      3746 8559 3746 8536 3741 8528 3745 8517
      3741 8510 3728 8519 3724 8532 3721 8532
      3719 8536

$$

JARVIS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KLMK 280551
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
151 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007

KYC217-280745-
TAYLOR KY-
151 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR
TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 150 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.  
THE RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  OVER THE 
PAST THREE HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AROUND ONE TO ONE 
AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.  THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS THUS 
FAR HAVE BEEN CENTERED ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF TAYLOR 
COUNTY.  SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.


BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3721 8541 3725 8540 3735 8546 3742 8557
      3746 8559 3746 8536 3741 8528 3745 8517
      3741 8510 3728 8519 3724 8532 3721 8532
      3719 8536

$$

JARVIS
000 
WGUS73 KLMK 280741
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007

KYC217-280800-
TAYLOR KY-
341 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM EDT FOR TAYLOR 
COUNTY...

AT 340 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.  NO ADDITIONAL 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 3721 8541 3725 8540 3735 8546 3742 8557
      3746 8559 3746 8536 3741 8528 3745 8517
      3741 8510 3728 8519 3724 8532 3721 8532
      3719 8536

$$

JARVIS

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.